Aaron Seelye wrote:
Hello,
I'm new to the linux world (long time FreeBSD user), and I'm wondering
if there's an easy way to install CentOS 5 without the GUI and
unnecessary services? I see there's a server cd for CentOS 4, but I
didnt see anything like that for CentOS 5. Am I looking in the wrong
places, or is it just necessary to manually select the minimal set of
packages?
Firstly, I want to clear up this misconception that people have that the
ServerCD is a minimal install. Well, its not. Its a typical Server install,
which is - trust me - very far from being a minimal install.
Secondly, the best way to do a minimal install is to just get the netinstall iso
from the 5.1/isos/ directory, run a normal graphical install, and deselect all
options from the 'Tasks to install' screen, select customise now option, then
deselect everything from the next screen as well. It should give you a minimal
install, with just enough packages to have a booting system, network and a
functional sshd server. Once installed, you can then carry on adding packages
with yum.
Finally, I believe this is FAQ number 1, check wiki.centos.org's FAQ section for
CentOS-5
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Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq
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